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Case Western Reserve University’s National Center for Regenerative Medicine Receives Ohio Third Frontier Grant for Therapeutic Cell Center
Cleveland – The Ohio Third Frontier Commission unanimously awarded Case Western Reserve University’s National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM), $2.4 million for its OH-Alive Innovator Platform: A Process and Manufacturing Platform for Cell Therapy. These funds must be matched by NCRM and it...
Mukesh K. Jain, MD, to Lead the American Society for Clinical Investigation
CLEVELAND - Nationally renowned researcher Mukesh K. Jain, MD, of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been elected to serve as vice president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). In the subsequent two years he will serve as president elect and ultimately pres...
Preclinical Development Shows Promise to Treat Hearing Loss with Usher Syndrome III
CLEVELAND - A new study published in the July 11 issue of the Journal of Neurosciences details the development of the first mouse model engineered to carry the most common mutation in Usher syndrome III causative gene (Clarin-1) in North America. Further, the research team from Case Western Reserve ...
Psychology research finds surprise win or loss impacts likelihood of risk-taking
It is intuitive that most people would be less likely to take risks after an unexpected loss. But what happens after a surprising win? It turns out that the very same trend applies, according to Case Western Reserve University psychologist Heath Demaree. In other words, it’s not whether you win or ...
Researcher finds home health care nurses may spread infection in their own houses
When a healthy boy was infected with antibiotic-resistant bacterium, the infection was traced to his mother’s nurse’s bag, which was left in the family’s car after her home health care visit to a patient with the same infection. Although the boy’s infection and the patient’s infection were never DNA...
Cliff A. Megerian, MD, Named Chairman of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
CLEVELAND - Following a national search, Cliff A. Megerian, MD, has been named Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center. Dr. Megerian, currently Vice-Chair of the depart...
New Fellowship Offered to Community Organizations Emphasizes Research and Engagement
CLEVELAND - The opportunity to find common ground in health research between academia and community organizations is vast. Unwavering in its vision to work for the collective good, a new pilot program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine aims to bolster these collaborations by offer...
Case Western Reserve Professorship in Surgery Honors MetroHealth Burn Care Pioneer
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine announces the appointment of the inaugural holder of The Richard B. Fratianne Professorship in Surgery – Christopher P. Brandt, MD of The MetroHealth System. The new professorship is named in honor of Dr. Fratianne, the founder of the Me...
CWRU researchers develop process to help measure, combat mental-illness stigma
Health experts agree that reducing the stigma associated with adolescent mental illness is an essential step toward increasing the number of teenagers who seek the help they need. But, say researchers at Case Western Reserve in the Journal of Nursing Measurement, the relative dearth of data regardi...
Researchers discover two previously approved drugs help treat lung cancer
A team of researchers, led by Goutham Narla at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in collaboration with scientists at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, have discovered a previously unrecognized signaling network disrupted in lung cancer that can be turned back on by a novel...